Revolutions, Noriega, Hypatia, and airborne invasions—Volume 4 of The Ascendant Historian is stacked. @uvic.ca history undergrads dig deep into turning points that shaped the world. Read the full issue here: journals.uvic.ca/index.php/co... #UVic #HistoryJournal

How did rich canadians get even richer? 📈 Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. In an article from @thetyee.ca, UVic income inequality researcher Peter Dietsch speaks about the uptick in executive pay. 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/A6Ke50WNIlu @uvichumanities.bsky.social

Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here? Hear from Peter Dietsch (@uvic.ca Philosophy) in @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Janis Cleugh (BA '93), a #UVicHumanities grad, is one of the journalists founding a new newspaper co-op: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Have you tuned in yet to the latest episode of the #Frontlines Podcast?🎙️ Jeff and Vivian discuss the significance of basket-weaving and her early challenges making baskets out of rivercane. Check it out here: youtu.be/um_WsKJbI2U

Two philosophy grads will follow the @uvic.ca Vikes Men’s Soccer team for two years. “Even if someone’s not played the sport, if even a sliver of a second you feel a little bit seen, I have completely accomplished [my task] as a filmmaker.” 🗨️ Raymond Dimmitt 🔗 martlet.ca/uvic-philoso...

Trevor Van Damme, @uvic.ca alum & former instructor with Greek & Roman Studies, has received the prestigious Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research from the Archaeological Institute of America! www.archaeological.org/2025-aia-gra...

“We are in danger of losing one of the most inspiring environmental success stories I know.” @uvic.ca @uvichistory.bsky.social scholar Jason Colby on the declining Eastern North Pacific gray whale population in @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... #Oceans #MarineHistory

Hello, Victoria summer ☀️🦚🌊

Ray Siemens, distinguished professor in English @uvic.ca, created the Wikipedian-in-Residence program with UVic Libraries in 2014, bridging academic and non-academic communities by consulting on Wikipedia pages, presenting lectures, and leading Wikipedia edit-a-thons: www.uvic.ca/library/abou...

On May 22, Catherine Caws, a professor of French and Francophone Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, was awarded the title of Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for her instrumental role in the development of the French accréditations exams center @uvic.ca.

Today is #WorldRefugeeDay. @uvic.ca historian Elizabeth Vibert's film Aisha's Story, which received the 2025 Audience Award for Mid-Length Documentary at Hot Docs, follows Palestinian refugee Aisha Azzam preserving traditional foodways at her grain mill in Jordan: www.cbc.ca/arts/elizabe...

@uvic.ca scholars—including @uvichcmc.bsky.social director @janellejenstad.bsky.social—are using digital tools to make science accessible through political uncertainty. #DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience 🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/making-...

Developed through UVic’s Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, this graphic novel tells Akram al-Saud’s story of surviving Syria’s Assad regime—told from memory. Al-Fazia افلظ یع – the Horror comes out in 2026. Learn more: news.uvic.ca/2025/graphic... @uvichumanities.bsky.social

Recognized for her leadership in mental health and teaching, UVic English Professor Rebecca Gagan has been named a 2025 3M National Teaching Fellow, Canada’s highest honour for post-secondary educators. 🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/uvic-pr...

The Royals are coming! Dr. Mariel Grant provides some insight into the significance of this visit. @uvichumanities.bsky.social www.uvic.ca/humanities/h...

@uvic.ca English prof Rebecca Gagan, founder of UVic Bounce, has been named a 3M National Teaching Fellow - the country's highest honour for post-secondary educators. Her philosophy is simple: teach with love. news.uvic.ca/2025/uvic-pr...

Historian Mariel Grant @uvic.ca on what to expect when King Charles opens Parliament: www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

"When I met Aisha, I realized her personal history was a microcosm of a wider colonial history and, at the same time, a story I knew—a story of strong women resisting those shackles." @uvic.ca historian Elizabeth Vibert on making award-winning documentary Aisha's Story: www.cbc.ca/arts/elizabe...

@uvic.ca philosophy professor Eike Kluge spoke to CBC about medical ethics as the NWT medical record system is examined after 2 reported cases of snooping: www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...

How do stories help us understand our pasts, act for change in our present, and build more reconciled futures? Learn how PhD student Stephanie Erickson, a newly-announced Trudeau Scholar, is exploring this question through her research: www.uvic.ca/humanities/i...

Wonderful world premiere at Hot Docs last Saturday! Aisha's Story received a standing ovation. @uvichumanities.bsky.social

Full house; we filled the David Clode Room at the Halpern Centre for Graduate Students for the Critical Media Practice Showcase concluding an amazing semester of #MediaStudies at @uvichumanities.bsky.social — so grateful I could cry. 🫀❤️‍🔥

Two Humanities students—Shawnda Wilson (French & Francophone Studies) and Julianne Hofstede (History)—are featured in this piece on @uvic.ca students and their JCURA research: martlet.ca/six-uvic-stu...

Linked Early Modern Drama is on Bluesky! We are housed at @uvic.ca and supported by @uvichumanities.bsky.social. #earlyModernDrama #Shakespeare #digitalEditions #editing #textEncoding

For CBC Radio, @uvic.ca philosopher Peter Dietsch speaks to Stephen Quinn about the ethics of dealing with the U.S. trade war: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

We are excited to celebrate this crucial @oceannetworks.ca project, and congratulate #Humanities co-applicants Jason Colby and Loren McClenachan (History). #ClimateCrisis

Congratulations to Dr. Christine O'Bonsawin (History), recipient of the ʔəy̓ nəwəl ʔist | ÍY,NEUELIST | Moving forward together for the good of all | Indigenous Scholar Award for Excellence in Research! www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

Congratulations to @aboyarin.bsky.social, whose book The Christian Jew and the Unmarked Jewess: the Polemics of Sameness in Medieval English Anti-Judaism (2021) received the @medievalacademy.bsky.social Jerome E. Singerman Prize: www.medievalacademy.org/page/Singerm...

@uvic.ca historian Serhy Yekelchyk spoke to Peter Pomerantsev for a piece in 1843 Magazine on how occupying forces are trying to rob Ukrainians of their language, culture and identity: www.economist.com/1843/2025/02...

#HumanitiesWeek has been a blast! We hope you'll join our final event, the annual Unessay Competition, tonight @ 6:30 PST (online). Students will share their research with complete freedom of form, and you'll get to vote on your favourite works! Register: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...

#BlackHistoryIsCanadianHistory Merci à Radio Victoria, la collègue Dr. Mylène Dorcé ainsi que ses étudiant·es & the BC Black History Awareness Society to bring forth Black Excellence, en partie en français, au Musée royal de la Colombie-Britannique. cc @uvic.bsky.social @uvichumanities.bsky.social

A snow day doesn't need to stop you from joining the first event of #HumanitiesWeek tonight! ❄️ Join us online for a discussion with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay TONIGHT, February 4 @ 5PM PST, online over Zoom! Register to get the link: events.uvic.ca/humanities/e...

Hey friends - UVic is hosting the Critical Perspectives conference in May on the subject of Transforming Justice: crpoi.ca/critical-per... Please invite all your abolitionist comrades - Victoria is admittedly expensive but registration is free!

Today @uvic.ca recognizes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust was born out of hatred, intolerance and antisemitism, and it's important to reflect on this history. Learn about our resources, including a new micro-certificate in Teaching the Holocaust: www.uvic.ca/significant-...

You're invited to join us for the 7th annual #HumanitiesWeek, featuring four events on the theme Diaspora Stories. Explore exile and return, home and community, empire and loss, and global stories of complex identities and imperial legacies. Details: hcmc.uvic.ca/humanitieswe...

FACULTY POSTING - Assistant Professor (Indigenous Studies): www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

A new class, taught by Mylène Dorcé (French & Francophone Studies), highlights misrepresentations of Voodoo. This course is for “anyone interested in religion or Voodoo, [who] wants to see good movies and read good books.” martlet.ca/new-class-hi...

Pssst... community members can still sign up for the spring course from @uvic.ca's Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence, Richard Van Camp, Exhale: Discovering the Great Mystery. Explore family medicine together and discover the healing power of stories: continuingstudies.uvic.ca/arts/courses...

Fully edible, backyard-compostable, plastic-free cutlery; alternative seafood made from fungi; and bioidentical, animal-free milk—these are just a few of the innovative, sustainable products @uvic.ca alum Emma Fanning has highlighted through eco-conscious brand design. www.uvic.ca/alumni/read-...

Bref. Pierre-Luc et moi nous étions rencontrés dans ce bout du monde qu'est la Colombie-Britannique (où j'étais visiting au super CSPT program de @uvichumanities.bsky.social) et on avait une envie : mettre en forme et partager nos élucubrations artistico-intellectuelles à propos de l'état du monde.

Congratulations to Dr. Mark Nugent (Greek and Roman Studies), who has been recognized by the Society for Classical Studies with the 2024 Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at the College Level! 🎊👏 Read the full citation: classicalstudies.org/scs-news/202...

Our winter workstation schedule: -Dec. 16-20: Closed for Professional Development -Dec. 23-24: Open for bookings! -Dec. 25-Jan. 1: Closed for UVic's winter break -Jan. 2: Open for the new semester!

Did you know @uvic.bsky.social is home to the world's largest Trans+ Archives? English/Art History student Sky Dragushan (they/them) researched trans newsletter FTM as a Lowens UVic Libraries Special Collections Fellow, finding trans+ community in the archive: www.uvic.ca/news/topics/...

The Eras Tour may be over (and we may be crying about it while listening to All Too Well 10 Minute Version on loop) but we need to calm down because English 240: Taylor's Version is coming to @uvic.bsky.social in January 2025 🎶 From Capital Daily: www.capitaldaily.ca/news/uvic-en...

"How we eat, who we eat with, what we eat - that's how we build our sense of communal identity." @uvic.bsky.social historian @rachelcleves.bsky.social spoke to @irishindependent.bsky.social about her new book, Lustful Appetites: www.pressreader.com/ireland/iris...

Are you ready for it? In Spring 2025, UVic English's Stephen Ross will "reread the manuscript" with 200 students in English 240: Introduction to a Major Author - Taylor Swift 🎶 (P.S. Dr. Ross's favourite song is august!) www.vicnews.com/local-news/v...